Roomba SCI Specs Available to Hackers

iRobot promised earlier this year
that they were going to release the
Roomba Serial Control Interface specification. After a few months,
nothing showed up and we all forgot about it. They were good to their word
though. Sometime in the last few weeks the SCI
specifications document (PDF format) appeared on their site along
with a webpage
that explains how to determine if your Roomba has the serial interface.
Older Roombas can be upgraded by buying a Roomba Osmo Hacker kit that
will be available in January. We'll be expecting to hear about some
really cool Roomba
hacks soon.